Several years ago I began to write a book about happiness and the economy. It was to be called Tail Hunters: How Americans Are Chasing Success and Losing Their Souls. I was distressed to see so many people racing after money,Read more at location 58

develop a new and controversial idea: that happiness comes from the rushing around. We feel better chasing the tails, even if we never catch them. The hunt makes us happier. I began to write at a furious pace, feeling that I was knocking down false prophets who speak from pulpits, classrooms, and yoga mats and make their followers feel guilty about trying to eke out some success in a chaotic world.Read more at location 74

New York Times featured a story about yoga. But this was not your old yogi’s yoga. It was avowedly competitive yoga. Men and women in Lululemon tights trying to prove that they are the most limber in the room. Who could tuck their heads under their butts and lower their blood pressure furthest?Read more at location 84